Sentences with phrase «adversely affect human»

Most of the opposition has been based on fears, not backed up by medical evidence, that wind turbines adversely affect human health.

However, when combustion is incomplete or impurities are present in the fuel, the reaction also leads to the emission of various other molecules that can adversely affect human health and the environment.

Other air pollutants, such as NOx and black and organic carbon, are also important climatologically and adversely affect human health.

These are just some of the ways artificial food colorings, which are made from petroleum, adversely affect human health.

If any of the thousands of chemicals in common use today adversely affect the human hormone system, the EPA's testing program should catch them — but only if Sprague Dawley catches them first.

«Thus, exposure to EDCs may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer development and adversely affect human health,» the researchers state in the paper.

The authors point out that as nicotine may disrupt brain development in humans, so neonicotinoids «may adversely affect human health, especially the developing brain».

Relatively rapid degradation of ice - rich permafrost is adversely affecting human infrastructure, altering Arctic ecosystem structure and function, changing the surface energy balance, and has the potential to dramatically impact Arctic hydrological process and increase greenhouse gas emissions.

There has been extensive discussion in recent years of how climate change is adversely affecting the human rights of some of the world's most vulnerable peoples.

Degradation of near - surface permafrost (perennially frozen ground) caused by modern climate change is adversely affecting human infrastructure, altering Arctic ecosystem structure and function, changing the surface energy balance, and has the potential to dramatically impact Arctic hydrological processes and increase greenhouse gas emissions.

Not exact matches

We can attempt to articulate this tacit understanding by suggesting that both camps are working with the inchoate idea that tyranny is present when a law or a governmental policy or a social practice in some way harms human beings by adversely affecting the developing course of their life.

Human culture began to adversely affect nature's function.

Population pressures and human technology are together adversely affecting the natural conditions of the surface of the planet in the following ways:

The strident attempt to silence the skeptics who question the popular thesis that humans are adversely affecting the earth's climate hit a new high over the past couple of weeks with the release of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project (BEST) report from a group of scientists centered....

Public health is adversely affected by human rights violations of all types.

And it may be that elephant populations that are heavily poached or otherwise adversely affected by human activities are similarly socially damaged, they say.

Some emit toxins that can paralyze or kill such shellfish as clams, mussels, and oysters and can adversely affect the food chain all the way up to humans.

Too much of the essential element is as dangerous as too little, either case adversely affecting health in animals from humans to mice to fruit flies.

«In addition, many of the proteins involved in secretion are unlike any human proteins, which means we may be able to disable them without adversely affecting important human proteins.»

Impacts of climate change on food and water supplies are also expected to affect human health adversely, particularly in less developed countries.

It adversely affected the study of human evolution for decades, but by the time Skeletons was published the hoax had been exposed for 45 years.

However, once you get through the transition, your body can quickly adapt and learn to function just as well only eating a few times a day: This study explains that in participants after 48 - hours of fasting,» cognitive performance, activity, sleep, and mood are not adversely affected in healthy humans by two days of calorie - deprivation.»

Usnic acid appears to inhibit the proliferation of bacteria by disrupting its metabolic function, although it does not adversely affect that of human cells.

There is substantial evidence that chronic, low - level exposure to organophosphates (the most common class of pesticide) may affect brain functioning and neurological development in humans.33, 34 This evidence indicates a strong likelihood that low - level chronic exposure adversely affects children's nervous systems.

Weakened immune system: Research indicates that sleep deprivation adversely affects the white blood cell count in humans as well as the body's ability to fight infections.

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As a result, tail docking can adversely affect the interaction of a dog with other dogs or with humans.

It may therefore be reasonably argued that the dog - human relationship will be adversely affected because of a lack of bonding between dog and human if the human is using positive punishment... ``

Whilst the symptoms don't match carbon monoxide poisoning; I will mention that if you have a wood burning stove, ensure that it is serviced annually to ensure you aren't putting your life at risk, a small dog can be like a canary in a coal mine as they are more adversely affected by small amount of carbon monoxide than humans.

This disease has spread rapidly adversely affecting the lives of animals and humans.

(4) animals must be provided daily enrichment and must be provided positive physical contact with human beings and compatible animals at least twice daily unless a veterinarian determines such activities would adversely affect the health or well - being of the animal.

I felt the need to turn to species other than the human race to tell us how to cohabit the planet, where the existence of one depends on the other or the disappearance of one species affects the other adversely.

Human psychology is very adept at justifying beliefs that we already hold, especially when giving up those beliefs would require questioning our self worth and affect us adversely in material ways.

[18] The report determines that manmade greenhouse gas emissions will accelerate sea - level rise, increase the intensity and frequency of extreme weather, and warm the planet at an unsustainable rate, adversely affecting everything from human and ecosystem health to transportation, forestry, and agriculture.

Impacts of climate change on food and water supplies are also expected to affect human health adversely, particularly in less developed countries.

One of the problems with the EPA's Endangerment TSD is the nearly complete disregard of observed trends in a wide array of measures which by and large show that despite decades of increasing anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions the U.S. population does not seem to have been adversely affected by any vulnerabilities, risks, and impacts that may have arisen (to the extent that any at all have actually occurred as the result of any human - induced climate changes).

What if such decreases mainly adversely affect plants, so important for humans and other animals?

However, political borders can interfere with human migration, and indigenous ways of life already have been adversely affected [26].

Each nation should be required to identify what policy steps it is taking to provide, protect, and fulfill the human rights that may be adversely affected by climate change to both people in their own country and vulnerable people around the world.

Distortions of this envelope of the magnitude that are underway and in prospect are likely to so badly disrupt the environmental conditions and processes influenced by climate as to adversely affect every dimension of human well - being that is tied to the environment...

Given that there is no such thing as a free lunch (first law of thermodynamics), and given that we puny humans are, despite our punyness in comparison to the massive Earth - Sun system, now producing enough greenhouse gases to seriously adversely affect our climate in the medium term, what is the likely climatological effect of all the wind - and wave - power systems which will be coming onstream in the medium term round the globe?

The OHRC has the power under the Code to request this type of information, and then make further investigations as to whether the «structures, policies, processes, decision - making practices and organizational cultures adversely affect Indigenous and Black families, and potentially violate Ontario's Human Rights Code.»

I argue the contrary: the fact the lawyers do not have access to adequate capital — both financial and human — adversely affects their professional judgment.

There was a less common concern also raised which was that the requirement had the effect, or could be seen to have the effect, of adversely affecting proper client representation in matters involving human rights or harassment issues.

As discussed in the National Bioethics Advisory Commission's 1999 report entitled, «Research Involving Human Biological Materials: Ethical Issues and Policy Guidance,» «Failure to obtain consent may adversely affect the rights and welfare of subjects in two basic ways.

If legislation were to allow genetic researchers open access to human remains this would adversely affect Indigenous people.

According to a submission from the Royal Children's Hospital to the Human Rights Commission National Enquiry 2014 «detention denies children, adolescents and families the basic environmental requirements for their health, development and their wellbeing... There is evidence that all forms of detention adversely affect parenting, family functioning and the mental health of children, adolescents, parents and families.